Amyloid peptide channels: Blockade by zinc and inhibition by Congo red (amyloid channel block)

Amyloid

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 194-199

  Hirakura, Y ^a   Yiu, W W ^a   Yamamoto, A ^a   Kagan, B L ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amylin; Amyloid; Electrophysiology; Membranes; Pores; Prion

Indexed keywords

AMYLIN; AMYLOID; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; CALCIUM; CONGO RED; ION CHANNEL; MAGNESIUM; ZINC;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; INHIBITION KINETICS; LIPID BILAYER; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 0033808530     PISSN: 13506129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13506120009146834     Document Type: Article

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